So have elderly folk picking blackberries, homeless people taking shelter and quad bikers and off-road bikers using the land as a race track.

Three Malaysian women were even caught having a photoshoot at the foot of Mount Judd .

While there tend to be more children trespassing in the summer, it is a year-round problem according to Matt.

He is desperate to warn people that the site is simply not safe for anyone.

Matt Turner, site manager, is appealing for people to stay clear of the quarry after catching children as young as five playing on the site. (Image: Coventry Telegraph)

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"It is a working quarry and people need to understand that on a working quarry we have mobile plant moving, big hefty dumpers, we have got deliveries of soil," he said.

"It is an operational site and we have the site palisade fenced off to keep people from within the quarry and the signage waning of the dangers that are present."

He went on to talk about the 'battle' with trespassers.

"We have constant fence repairs, so even though the site is securely fenced and locked at night, as it should be, we have people coming along, removing the fencing and cutting the fencing to gain access," he said.

"It is a constant battle the following day to get the fencing repaired only for it to happen again the following day, night, at the weekend, it is just a regular battle."

While it has been a rite of passage for generations to climb the man-made mountain, the stark reality is that people are climbing a treacherous mound of 80,000 cubic metres of waste.

Mount Judd - a much loved icon but a danger to walk up. (Image: Coventry Telegraph)

It is visibly crumbling at the side.

“This is not safe to try and walk up in the day, let alone at night," Matt said.

"If you were to fall, there is nothing to stop you, it is a straight fall down."

But it not just the dangers that people can see, there are also other dangers lurking at the huge tip.

"Over a period of time, when the waste decomposes, it produces a methane gas which we use to produce electricity to put onto the grid, this gas carries a danger to it, with the substances in it and it is also flammable," Matt added.

"Likewise, with the liquid, leachate, which is produced in the waste, we tank that out for treatment."

FCC Environment took over management of the site, which dates back to the 1800s, and eventually it should all become public land - but not while it remains an operational quarry.

"Coming onto the land is trespassing, it is an operational site and we would seriously encourage people to stay away," he said.

The sprawling 200 acre site in which staff have a constant battle to keep out trespassers, particularly in the woodland area pictured on the left. (Image: Coventry Telegraph)